Research trip journal, day 5

2014.05.19 Monday

2014.05.20 Tuesday

2014.05.21 Wednesday

2014.05.22 Thursday

2014.05.23 Friday

I visited St. John's parish office, where I was told that the policy was unbending, that parish registers were not open for viewing. I would have to send my request for records, and the office staff would make a transcription of the register entries that they find. Lucky for them, I have only one hundred thirty-seven requests. (The baptismal entry shown here is from a Catholic parish register in Igel, Germany, which documents the baptism of one of the Reinert emigrés to America. The entire parish registers from about 1750 through 1920 are available as microfilm, and more recent registers are being microfilmed even now. So much for the American Catholics holding their old records so close to the chest.)

Opening document, probate file 4001 (Anna T. Deneke)

I then resumed work in the Clerk of District Court offices, photographing probate files of interest to my work. Files I photographed or reviewed were for the estates of Mary Deneke, George Deneke, Tony Deneke, Anna F. Deneke, Anna Deneke, Martin Butler, L.L. Bulthaup, Ellen Butler (no relation), Ruth Butler (no relation), John H. Butler (no relation),Daisey E. Butler (no relation), Maggie Butler (no relation),Florence Butler (no relation), Martha Boberg (no relation), Mary Ellen Butler (no relation), Elizabeth Kohn, Vera May Kohn, Louise Kohn, Peter A. Streit, Dorothy and Christina Streit, Henry Streit Sr., Nick Streit, Frank Streit, E.M. Steichen, Anna K. Streit, Nick Gasper, Regina Gasper, Philip Gasper, Minnie E. Gillen (no relation).

Unfortunately I did not have time for photographing the files for the estates of the Deneke family (specifically Henry, Frank, Justina Helena, Willie, and Edwin L), the Butler family (Edward M), Boberg family (Anna, Henry), Lawrence E. Bulthaup, Helen C. Babb, Kohn family (Debra, John A.), Reinert family (Marie H., Peter A., Barbara, Anna M., Nikolaus, Margaret M., John N., Erma B., Wanda J., Joseph H., Fern O.), Steichen family (John, Dolorsa et al, Theresa), Streit family (Henry, George J., Conrad, Anna J., Catherine S , Gerard F., John H.), Gasper family (John P., Frank T., Mary S., Gertrude, E.G., Lawrence, Anton J., and Hilda), Gradig family (Adolph, Urban, Joseph, Margaret S.). So now I have a list for my next visit...

After the courthouse offices closed at 5:00 p.m., I went to South Mill Street, where the street dance was to be held. Everything was taken down; the party had been canceled because of rain. (Not a bad reason here in central Kansas, which has had fire hazard warnings.) I could hear the band for the event in the Eagles club, and I followed the sound. Inside were two classmates, Bear and Becky. We had a beer together as we talked. A guy came up to introduce himself—Jim Grotz—and ask about my brother Jim's present location and situation. I suggested to Bear and Becky that we head out for dinner, and we piled into Becky's car to go to a Tex-Mex restau at the edge of town. Before we finished our meal, two more friends showed up to join in the conversation, and we closed the evening at Charlotte's home.

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Research trip journal, day 4

2014.05.19 Monday

2014.05.20 Tuesday

2014.05.21 Wednesday

 

2014.05.22 Thursday

Townships of Mitchell county, 1917

Today I completed photographing the tract indexes for the areas of interest in Mitchell county, except I decided not to photograph the tract indexes for the cities of Beloit and Tipton. Specifically, I worked with the sections in these townships:

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  Beloit township (T7S R7W), 1917

  Beloit twp (T7N R7W)—sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, and 29. The property owners of interest are Anton Deneke, his wife Mary Deneke, their sons Henry, George, Will, Tony, and Joe in the sections northeast and east of Beloit and Peter Deneke in sections 20 and 29.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

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  Custer township (T9S R10W), 1917

  Custer twp (T9S R10W)—section 30. The property owners of interest are the brothers Stephen and Peter Schandler and John and Urban Steichen.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

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  Pittsburg township (T8S R10W), 1917

  Pittsburg twp (T8S R10W)—sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33. The property owners include Peter Reinert, the Arnoldy brothers, and the Streit brothers. These sections surround the town of Tipton.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

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  Carr Creek township (T7S R10W), 1917

  Carr Creek twp (T7S R10W)—sections 10, 14, 15, and 25. The property owners include William Schwinden, John Schwinden, and John M. Kohn.

The work took about four hours and produced about 200 images. All transactions in each section are included, from about 1870 to the present. [From my experience later in the week in Osborne county, I realize that I should not focus on specific sections. Photographing all the sections of a township goes almost as quickly and is more likely to pick up the transactions of the same or other relatives throughout the township history. Even working on full townships of Osborne county, I later realized that transactions from about 1940 and later could very likely lie in another township, with the development of farm machinery that can travel faster from field to field.]

I began searching through the probate records also, and I completed photographing four files (for Anna F. Deneke, Anna Butler-Deneke, Louis Livie Bulthaup, and Elizabeth Ottley-Kohn. I was able to work directly in the probate vault, photographing in the same room. I could have worked beyond 5 p.m., when the offices typically close. Tomorrow, I will need to ask help in bringing some files to the photography area, as they are not accessible in the vault I've been working in.

Afterward, I drove out to the Peter Deneke farm, where I found the old post rock barn still standing but the rock house was replaced with a new building from about the 1980s. On the drive, I photographed several post rock fences and distant views of Beloit.

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Charlotte Gengler-Campbell had made reservations for several classmates at Plum Creek Café. The group included Charlotte and her husband Terry, Becky Davies, Brian Doyle, and his wife Alice. The food was better than the soggy sandwich I had there the day before, but it wasn't memorable. After Brian's eyes glistened from a couple whiskey-sevens, he said, "Ya know, we didn't have any meanness in the things we said back then in high school. I think everybody knew it was all in good fun." From his position as a lanky jock and farm kid, that's an easy attitude to take. Charlotte and Becky, being once members of the same tight clique, objected and remembered the girls who were excluded, with more than some little remorse.

I haven't dwelled on slights and taunting from teenaged classmates, likely because I've had stronger bonds made in college and later years. Perhaps because of a retained focus on Beloit and those who stayed, several classmates still remember the bonds and slights of 1969 much better than I. It's my hope that this weekend is a chance to reset connections to some of my class, and together to bypass the earlier history. 

2014.05.23 Friday

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Selected Probate Case Numbers, Mitchell County

Selected cases, numeric order

An "x" following the name indicates I have reviewed the file and either photographed its content or decided the subject was not a relative (n.r.). Items notated "no copy" were allowed review after making appeal and justification to the Clerk of Court, and the case could be reviewed without taking notes or photographs.

968	Butler	Martin
997	Butler	Ellen	x	n.r.
1416	Steichen	John
1437	Steichen	Dolorsa et al
1578	Butler	Ruth	x	n.r.
1709	Streit	Peter H	x
2014	Deneke	Mary	x
2062	Butler	John H	x	n.r.
2117	Butler	Daisy E
2134	Steichen	Urban	x	n.r.
2257	Streit	Dorothy & Christina	x (no copy)
2282	Streit	Henry E	x (no copy)
2396	Butler	Maggie	x	n.r.
2584	Streit	Henry Sr	x
2892	Streit	George J
3206	Deneke	George	x
3212	Deneke	Tony	x
3378	Bulthaup	L.L.	x
3924	Gradig	Marie	x
3979	Butler	Florence	x	n.r.
4001	Deneke	Anna T.	x
4093	Deneke	Anna	x
4102	Kohn	Elizabeth	x
4107	Kohn	Vera May	x
4191	Streit	Nick	x
4283	Boberg	Martha	x	n.r.
4392	Gasper	Nick
4398	Butler	Mary Ellen	x	n.r.
4401	Streit	Frank	x
4499	Butler	Edward M
4713	Butler	Mary Ellen	x	n.r.
4736	Steichen	E.M.	x
4935	Gasper	Regina	x
4938	Streit	Anna K	x
5184	Kohn	Louise	x
5247	Reinert	Marie H
5286	Boberg	Anna
5303	Gasper	John P
5359	Deneke	Henry E
5396	Streit	Conrad
5650	Gasper	Philip	x
5693	Gasper	John F
5736	Gasper	Frank T
5758	Gasper	Mary S
5763	Gillen	Minnie
5786	Gasper	Frank T
5805	Gradig	Adolph
5824	Gasper	Gertrude
5885
5895	Reinert	Peter A
6065	Reinert	Mary
6069	Deneke	Frank
6082	Steichen	Theresa
6138	Reinert	Barbara
6162	Reinert	Anna M
6316	Streit	Anna J
6387	Gradig	Urban
6410	Deneke	Justina Helena
6420	Boberg	Henry E
6463	Gradig	Joseph
6471	Gradig	Joseph
6510	Streit	Catherine S
6526	Deneke	Willie
02.p.20	Reinert	Joseph H
04.p.46	Reinert	Fern O
77.p.39	Reinert	Nikolaus
79.p.16	Gradig	Margaret S
79.p.35	Gasper	E.G.
80.p.17	Streit	Gerard F
81.p.25	Streit	John H
83.p.12	Bulthaup	Laurence E
83.p.16	Gasper	Lawrence
88.p.14	Gasper	Anton J
90.gc.02	Kohn	Debra
90.p.01	Gasper	Hilda
90.p.34	Reinert	Margaret M
95.p.27	Reinert	John N
96.p.03	Reinert	Erma B
96.p.11	Kohn	John A
96.p.35	Babb	Helen C
99.p.41	Reinert	Wanda J

Selected cases, alphabetic order

96.p.35	Babb	Helen C
5286	Boberg	Anna
6420	Boberg	Henry E
4283	Boberg	Martha	x	n.r.
3378	Bulthaup	L.L.	x
83.p.12	Bulthaup	Laurence E
2117	Butler	Daisy E
4499	Butler	Edward M
997	Butler	Ellen	x	n.r.
3979	Butler	Florence	x	n.r.
2062	Butler	John H	x	n.r.
2396	Butler	Maggie	x	n.r.
968	Butler	Martin
4398	Butler	Mary Ellen	x	n.r.
4713	Butler	Mary Ellen	x	n.r.
1578	Butler	Ruth	x	n.r.
4093	Deneke	Anna	x
4001	Deneke	Anna T.	x
6069	Deneke	Frank
3206	Deneke	George	x
5359	Deneke	Henry E
6410	Deneke	Justina Helena
2014	Deneke	Mary	x
3212	Deneke	Tony	x
6526	Deneke	Willie
88.p.14	Gasper	Anton J
79.p.35	Gasper	E.G.
5736	Gasper	Frank T
5786	Gasper	Frank T
5824	Gasper	Gertrude
90.p.01	Gasper	Hilda
5693	Gasper	John F
5303	Gasper	John P
83.p.16	Gasper	Lawrence
5758	Gasper	Mary S
4392	Gasper	Nick
5650	Gasper	Philip	x
4935	Gasper	Regina	x
5763	Gillen	Minnie
5805	Gradig	Adolph
6463	Gradig	Joseph
6471	Gradig	Joseph
79.p.16	Gradig	Margaret S
3924	Gradig	Marie	x
6387	Gradig	Urban
90.gc.02	Kohn	Debra
4102	Kohn	Elizabeth	x
96.p.11	Kohn	John A
5184	Kohn	Louise	x
4107	Kohn	Vera May	x
6162	Reinert	Anna M
6138	Reinert	Barbara
96.p.03	Reinert	Erma B
04.p.46	Reinert	Fern O
95.p.27	Reinert	John N
02.p.20	Reinert	Joseph H
90.p.34	Reinert	Margaret M
5247	Reinert	Marie H
6065	Reinert	Mary
77.p.39	Reinert	Nikolaus
5895	Reinert	Peter A
99.p.41	Reinert	Wanda J
1437	Steichen	Dolorsa et al
4736	Steichen	E.M.	x
1416	Steichen	John
6082	Steichen	Theresa
2134	Steichen	Urban	x	n.r.
6316	Streit	Anna J
4938	Streit	Anna K	x
6510	Streit	Catherine S
5396	Streit	Conrad
2257	Streit	Dorothy & Christina	x (no copy)
4401	Streit	Frank	x
2892	Streit	George J
80.p.17	Streit	Gerard F
2282	Streit	Henry E	x (no copy)
2584	Streit	Henry Sr	x
81.p.25	Streit	John H
4191	Streit	Nick	x
1709	Streit	Peter H	x